Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience leading agile scrum teams, architecting cloud-native microservices, and delivering enterprise-grade platforms in fintech and payments. Proven track record of driving end-to-end product delivery in cross-functional environments partnering with product management, design, risk, and compliance. Expert in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and distributed systems with deep experience in CI/CD, automated quality gates, and domain-driven design. Experienced in incident response and resolution for high-availability payment systems. Proficient with Generative AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Opencode) for Agentic RAG solutions and everyday engineering workflows. Passionate about coaching engineering talent, fostering high-performance culture, and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Skills

Backend Engineering

Master
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Kafka
  • System Design
  • Distributed System

Data Engineering

Master
  • Snowflake
  • Starrocks
  • SQL
  • NoSQL
  • DBT
  • Dagster
  • Kafka

Artificial Intelligence

Master
  • Agentic Workflow
  • Claude
  • OpenCode
  • LangGraph
  • Spring AI

DevOps

Master
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • Docker

Engineering Leadership

Master
  • Engineering Management
  • Team Scaling & Mentorship
  • Cross-functional Collaboration

Frontend Development

Intermediate
  • React
  • Vaadin Flow
  • NextJS
  • Astro

Work Experience (6)

Oct 2025 - Current
Senior Engineering Manager
Arrise Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Leading team to architect and deliver cloud-native, real-time analytics platforms processing gaming event streams for global operators.
  • Lead cross-functional agile scrum teams to design, build, and deploy a high-throughput, cloud-native real-time analytics platform on AWS and Kubernetes.
  • Partner with product management, architects, and operations to define technical roadmap and ensure end-to-end delivery within sprint cycles.
  • Evaluated and implemented emerging technologies by designing an Agentic RAG platform for natural-language analytics querying.
  • Led test planning, automation strategy, and incident response processes to maintain platform reliability and SLA compliance.
Jul 2023 - Sep 2025
Principal Engineer, Directory Technology
HUB
Led agile scrum teams to architect and deliver an enterprise SaaS data platform, partnering with product management and design for end-to-end delivery.
  • Built, mentored, and led a cross-functional agile scrum team of engineers to deliver an enterprise SaaS data platform for rapid asset manager onboarding.
  • Managed agile sprint planning, estimations, and delivery timelines in partnership with product managers, architects, and business stakeholders.
  • Modernized legacy ETL systems into cloud-native orchestration using Dagster and dbt, boosting throughput by 60%.
  • Partnered with business leaders to ship Snowflake Cortex RAG capabilities, creating new product revenue streams.
Aug 2021 - Jun 2023
Senior Technical Lead
Paytm Payments Bank
Led agile engineering cohorts for UPI payments infrastructure, driving system reliability, incident response, and scrum-based delivery for high-volume banking systems.
  • Established automated CI/CD quality gates, unit testing, and static analysis across 10 microservice repositories, enforcing engineering excellence.
  • Decomposed legacy monoliths into decoupled microservices using domain-driven design, enabling independent team release cycles and faster velocity.
  • Led incident response and root cause analysis for critical payment system outages, reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) through improved monitoring and runbooks.
May 2019 - Jul 2021
Technical Lead
Paytm Payments Bank
Led the product lifecycle and technical delivery of core banking features for high-volume passbook and statement modules.
  • Led product development and engineering for the bulk statement generation pipeline, scaling it to process over 8 million monthly transactions.
  • Drove collaboration across cross-functional teams to stream on-demand statements from the corporate data warehouse to customer-facing applications.
  • Modernized data pipelines using Kafka Connect and Streams to improve agility and user experience.
Sep 2016 - May 2019
Senior Software Developer (Team Lead)
IHS Markit
 Noida
Led a backend agile team to build a centralized financial market data delivery platform serving structured real-time feeds.
  • Collaborated with product and operations teams to scope, estimate, and deliver a self-service configuration portal, driving internal process automation.
  • Mentored and developed junior team members in containerization, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code review best practices.
  • Led test planning and execution for enterprise-scale data distribution pipelines processing 25 GB of financial data daily.
Mar 2014 - Sep 2016
Senior Software Developer
hCentive
 Noida
Core backend developer and technical lead for a distributed financial management application targeting US healthcare.
  • Collaborated with QA and product teams to ensure adherence to strict US healthcare regulations and IT compliance frameworks.
  • Refactored complex batch processes to optimize system performance, reducing processing time by 35%.

Education (1)

2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Technology
 Computer Science & Engineering
JIIT, Noida